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Ch 4 Terms Pt.3
Medical Terminology Class, Chapter 4 Terms and Definitions Part 3
| Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| malaise | vague feeling of bodily discomfort |
| insomnia | inability to sleep |
| dehydration | lack of water |
| metastasis | spread of cancerous tumor to a secondary organ or tissue |
| microscope | instrument used to see small objects |
| incision | to cut into organ or tissue |
| exophthalmos | outward bulging of the eyeballs (proptosis) |
| metamorphosis | condition of change in shape or form |
| diarrhea | watery discharge of wastes from the colon |
| pancytopenia | deficiency of all (blood) cells |
| dialysis | separation of wastes from the blood by using a machine that does the job of the kidney |
| malignant | harmful, cancerous |